Read Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (The Library of New Testament Studies)

J.R.C. Cousland

4.9/5 (29711 ratings)

Description:The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is one of the most unusual gospels in the Christian tradition. Instead of the compassionate Jesus so familiar to us from the biblical Gospels, readers are confronted with a very different Jesus - a holy terror who kills and wounds adults for trifling faults. Why is Christ portrayed in such an 'unchristian' fashion? Cousland addresses exactly this issue. He presents an overview of the various features of the Infancy Gospel before separating the representation of Jesus into three main roles: child, holy terror and saviour. He elucidates these roles by placing them in the context of the literary framework of the Gospel of Thomas, and also within the larger setting of the Greco-Roman world.Cousland shows that, despite the tripartite and very separate nature of these three roles, they can be reconciled together if Jesus is regarded as a deity, not simply as an exceptional human being, and if his divinity is understood to include both Greco-Roman and Jewish-Christian conceptions of the divine.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (The Library of New Testament Studies). To get started finding Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (The Library of New Testament Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0567668177

Description: The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is one of the most unusual gospels in the Christian tradition. Instead of the compassionate Jesus so familiar to us from the biblical Gospels, readers are confronted with a very different Jesus - a holy terror who kills and wounds adults for trifling faults. Why is Christ portrayed in such an 'unchristian' fashion? Cousland addresses exactly this issue. He presents an overview of the various features of the Infancy Gospel before separating the representation of Jesus into three main roles: child, holy terror and saviour. He elucidates these roles by placing them in the context of the literary framework of the Gospel of Thomas, and also within the larger setting of the Greco-Roman world.Cousland shows that, despite the tripartite and very separate nature of these three roles, they can be reconciled together if Jesus is regarded as a deity, not simply as an exceptional human being, and if his divinity is understood to include both Greco-Roman and Jewish-Christian conceptions of the divine.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (The Library of New Testament Studies). To get started finding Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (The Library of New Testament Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Holy Terror: Jesus in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (The Library of New Testament Studies)

More Books

...And So They Went Out: The Lives of Adam and Eve as Cultural Transformative Story (Ubc Studies in Religion) 1st edition by Arbel, V. Daphna, Cousland, J.R.C., Neufeld, Dietmar (2010) Hardcover

...And So They Went Out: The Lives of Adam and Eve as Cultural Transformative Story (Ubc Studies in Religion) 1st edition by Arbel, V. Daphna, Cousland, J.R.C., Neufeld, Dietmar (2010) Hardcover

The Play of Texts and Fragments: Essays in Honour of Martin Cropp (Mnemosyne, Supplements, 314)

The Play of Texts and Fragments: Essays in Honour of Martin Cropp (Mnemosyne, Supplements, 314)

The Crowds in the Gospel of Matthew (SUPPLEMENTS TO NOVUM TESTAMENTUM)

The Crowds in the Gospel of Matthew (SUPPLEMENTS TO NOVUM TESTAMENTUM)

Not Sparing the Child: Human Sacrifice in the Ancient World and Beyond

Not Sparing the Child: Human Sacrifice in the Ancient World and Beyond

'...And So They Went Out': The Lives of Adam and Eve as Cultural Transformative Story

'...And So They Went Out': The Lives of Adam and Eve as Cultural Transformative Story

Encountering the Parables in Contexts Old and New (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Encountering the Parables in Contexts Old and New (The Library of New Testament Studies)